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Children Spell Love T-I-M-E
Do my children realize how important they are to me? It’s not enough that I know that they are one of my highest priorities, I must convey that to them. I say they are my highest priorities but what do my action speak? I catch myself giving them minimal attention when they come to tell me something I may consider trivial or worse, being impatient. I notice that I seem too busy to spend time doing things with them that they enjoy. My life becomes one of function, just trying to stay on track with all the tasks that need to be completed and when I do diverge it’s to focus on interests of mine. If…
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A New Niece
Baby’s First Day Wonder of all wonderment! Momentous moment when small form First feels life in itself. When new eyes open wide On old, old world. When tiny hands handle air; Touch tenderness and love. When ears first wake to sound And silent lips find voice and food. Soon newly wakened baby wearies. World will keep. Being born is quite enough For one short day. Baby hands rest; Baby mouth yawns; Baby eyes close in sleep. (Poem by Mary Dawson Hughes) I’m here in Pennsylvania helping out my sister who just had a little baby girl. The night I was at home packing to fly here, along with…
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It Happened This Weekend…
What happens when you hurriedly pack for the weekend because you’re going to special meetings in another town? You bring the baby’s play shoes but forget the church shoes; you bring your 3 year olds church shoes but forget his play shoes. After 6 kids you’d think…I’D HAVE IT TOGETHER!! While we’re at said special meetings Justus (age 3) went to the bathroom, locked the door and then couldn’t get out. At this church the bathrooms are in the foyer but there’s nothing separating the foyer from the sanctuary. Serenity was waiting for Justus to get out of the bathroom. My husband was wondering what was taking them so long and went…
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Another Birthday This Month
On the heels of my birthday comes my son Zachary’s. He turned 15 this week. How do I describe Zachary? Adjectives that come to mind are active, humorous, playful, curious, courteous, talkative and friendly. (just to name a few) He would rather be outside than doing schoolwork, riding horses rather than quads, going on a trail ride and making "biscuits" over a camp fire rather than mom’s cooking on Saturday morning, concocting his own recipes rather than following a cookbook, eating something unusual rather than normal – and the list could go on. This boy is full of zest for life. He make things fun for the little kids and makes me laugh too, except…
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This Terms Memory Work
Monday through Thursday my kids have memory work. I like to do it first thing in the morning after we sing our hymn. You know how it is – as the day goes on you can get going in so many directions that it can be too easy to skip things we may consider unnecessary. I wrote about the method we use here. Following, I have listed the poems, Scriptures, etc., that my children have memorized this term. Seth The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson Columbus by Joaquin Miller I John 4:1-21 Story with a Moral James 3:1-18, 4:1-17 Psalm 23:1-6 Old and New Testament A Psalm of Life by…
